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Zylo, a SaaS management platform, raises $31.5M

TechCrunch

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions have become a fixture of the modern enterprise; organizations with more than 1,000 employees use over 150 SaaS apps on average, according to BetterCloud. According to a recent survey from Workato, 57% of IT teams have received directives from the C-Suite to reduce their overall SaaS spend.

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SaaS-focused Acceleprise rebrands, raises $30M in new capital

TechCrunch

The firm has long focused on business-to-business SaaS startups, helping them get their start in a competitive global software market. Acceleprise announces 26 SaaS startups from its trio of accelerators. But why keep the door open to investing in other startups that it didn’t help incubate? Why is it so much bigger?

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

Traditional software vs. SaaS. The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. Think of web vs. mobile. SEO marketing vs. social marketing.

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Leta, a Kenyan supply chain and logistics SaaS provider, raises $3M to scale in Africa

TechCrunch

Leta , a Kenyan B2B supply chain and logistics SaaS provider launched last year to optimize fleet management, is looking for growth opportunities in West Africa, even as it scales operations in its existing five markets. A SaaS provider for businesses, logistics providers and marketplaces.

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GetVantage secures $36m from Chirate Ventures, Dream Incubator Japan

AsiaTechDaily

Register GetVantage , a revenue-based finance platform (RBF), has raised $36 million in funding, backed by returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Dream Incubator Japan as well as Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund and DMI Sparkle Fund. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Riogrande takes in first capital to incubate Latin America’s next local brands

TechCrunch

Tono Mandly doesn’t consider his company, Riogrande , an e-commerce aggregator, but instead as one whose mission is to build local brands, through acquisition and incubation, for the emerging middle class of Latin American consumers. They come from backgrounds that include Rocket Internet and Delivery Hero.

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Blume Ventures and AWI back Indian exporter SaaS startup SourceWiz

TechCrunch

Their startup, five-month-old SourceWiz, said on Thursday it has raised $3 million in a round led by Blume Ventures and Falcon Edge Capital’s Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI). (A That’s the problem that attracted three entrepreneurs — two of whom worked at Zomato previously and one as an investor at Bessemer.